BARCELONA – Barcelona, without time to lick the wounds caused by 1-4 against Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League, returns to the League with the clear goal of reducing the disadvantage of Atlético de Madrid, who surprisingly defeated on Saturday in the Metropolitan for the Raise could see its income lower than the Catalans at six points.
Simeone’s side added just five of their last 12 points after drawing against Celta and Levante and eventually losing to Granota’s Barça, who add seven wins in a row and reach a 12-game losing streak (ten victories and two draws), he meets again against Cádiz, which was, on December 5, 2020, the last rival that defeated him in the league championship and reaches the Camp Nou dragging a series of four consecutive defeats in the tournament.
Barça’s statistics against the yellow team at the Camp Nou are also practically immaculate: out of 12 visits in February 1978, Cádiz managed to start a draw (1-1) in that initial one, after losing eleven eleven, the last ( 1-0) in 2006 and adding a total of four goals for and 34 against.
Ronald Koeman, who will still not be able to count on Ronald Araújo, who is still out with Sergi Roberto, Philippe Coutinho and Ansu Fati, warned on Saturday about the importance of the game, even without knowing the result of Atlético, in order to regaining confidence after the continental setback and considering that his team has not yet said the latest news from the league championship.
In this way, and taking into account that next Tuesday he will play against Elche again, the Dutch coach could retouch his team, in which Gerard Piqué could remain after his reappearance against PSG, but with a clear disposition to face the duel with his highest requirements and shows the same feelings as in his last match of the competition, when he hit (5-1) at Alavés.